Just got back from Foreign Cinema, where, on a Friday night, we were able to walk in and get a table. That’s not a slight to the restaurant at all… more a comment on the ongoing economic crisis. Who says it’s all bad?

Tracey and I dined at Bar Tartine last night–excellent night out. The space is one of those really narrow ones that you often see in San Francisco, but rather than pushing the kitchen all the way to the back, Usability they’ve divided the back half of the restaurant lengthwise with the eponymous bar and used it to divide the diners from the chefs. The place Disposables is fairly romantic, with a very beautiful chandelier made of… antlers. Sounds bizarre, but it works. Continue reading →